[gui-talk] Unable to Access Target.com

[Gerald Levy]

As I said , I am using IE 8, latest build, so there is no way that my 
browser could have been misidentified as IE 6.  This is obviously a 
deliberate effort by Target to restrict access to its site to consumers who 
use IE 9 with Vista or Windows 7.  And although this would affect blind and 
sighted consumers alike, it nevertheless restricts access to its site to a 
large number, perhaps the majority, of blind consumers, which, in my view, 
would violate the terms of their accessibility settlement.

Gerald


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
To: "Discussion of the Graphical User Interface, GUI Talk Mailing List" 
<gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 7:13 PM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Unable to Access Target.com


>I would guess that this is some sort of error on Target's part, and further 
>it has nothing to do with the NFB or why we sued Target.  Some sites are 
>phasing out Internet Explorer 6 support, perhaps your browser got 
>mis-identified by the site?
>
> Dave
>
> At 05:48 PM 12/22/2011, you wrote:
>
>>A few years ago, the NFB successfully sued Target to force them to make 
>>its web site more accessible to blind consumers.  So imagine my surprise 
>>when I attempted to visit Target.com today and got the following error 
>>message:
>>
>>Target Home Page
>>
>>Problems viewing Target.com ?
>>It's because your browser isn't supported. Upgrade to one of the latest 
>>versions listed below to get the most out of your Target.com experience.
>>list of 3 items
>>Click here to download Internet Explorer
>>Click here to download Mozilla Firefox
>>Click here to download Google Chrome
>>list end
>>
>>
>>What the heck is going on here?  What do they mean that my browser is not 
>>supported?  I'm running XP Pro with IE 8, so since when is this browser 
>>not supported?  IE 8 is the latest version of Internet Explorer that can 
>>run under XP, which, the last time I checked will continue to be supported 
>>by Microsoft through at least 2014.  And don't even get me started with 
>>Firefox.  What is the meaning of this?  Will the NFB have to go after 
>>Target yet again?  Or is there some other explanation for this message? 
>>Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>>Gerald
>
>
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